For each individual flight, for which the filling of a flight plan is mandatory or the pilot would like to file a flight plan, an individual flight plan (FPL) shall be filed.

Flights, in which several aircraft take part in a formation, as well as every separate stage of a flight for flights with intermediate stops, shall also be regarded as an individual flight.

For several, however, at least 10 (ten) IFR flights planned by the same aircraft operator, a repetitive flight plan may be filed provided that these flights are planned to be conducted regularly, in the same manner and at least once a weak.

An alerting service is, in principle, provided to flights for which a flight plan has been submitted.

The departure aerodrome and estimated off-block time shall be indicated as follows:

To designate the departure aerodrome, the ICAO Location Indicator (ICAO Doc.7910) shall be used.

If no ICAO location indicator has been assigned to the departure aerodrome, the letter group “ZZZZ” and name of the departure aerodrome, if required, referring to the nearest locality depicted on the Aeronautical chart ICAO 1:500 000 shall be indicated in Item 18 preceded by the identification group “DEP/“.

If the flight plan is filed during the flight, the letter group “AFIL” shall be entered instead of indicating the departure aerodrome and air traffic control unit, from which the additional flight plan data may be requested, shall be indicated in Item 18 together with the identification group “DEP/“.

The estimated off-block time (EOBT) shall be indicated by four figure group following the designator of the departure aerodrome.

For those flights with the departure point given as ““, the associated time shall indicate the Estimated or Actual Time Over the first point given in the route. That ETO/ATO shall be given as UTC expressed as four digits.

The data concerning the cruising speed the cruising level and the intended route shall be indicated in Item 15.

The destination aerodrome, in the case of manned free balloons the estimated location of landing, the total EET and, at least one, maximum two destination alternate aerodromes shall be indicated as follows:

As far as supplementary information with regard to Items 7 to 16 or other additional information becomes necessary, it shall be indicated by using the following identification groups in Item 18.

If no other information, zero (“0“) shall be used.If no other information, zero (“0“) shall be used.

ALTN/ Name of destination alternate aerodrome(s) if the letter group “ZZZZ” is inserted in Item 16. For aerodromes not listed in the relevant Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP), indicate location in LAT/LONG or bearing and distance from nearest significant point as described in DEP/ below.

AWR/Rn Alternative flight plan on the basis of the Aircraft Operator “What-If” Re-route Function (AOWIR), whereby “n” designates the current number of the AOWIR alternative flight plan;

CODE/ Aircraft address (expressed in the form of an alphanumerical code of six hexadecimal characters) when required by the appropriate ATS authority. Example: “F00001” is the lowest aircraft address contained in the specific block administered by ICAO.

COM/ Indicate communications applications or capabilities not specified in Item 10. If appropriate, insert “EXM833” as detailed in IFPS User Manual.

DAT/ Indicate data applications or capabilities not specified in 10a. If appropriate, insert CPDLCX as detailed in the IFPS User Manual.

DEP/ Name and location of departure aerodrome, if ZZZZ is inserted in Item 13, or the ATS unit from which supplementary flight plan data can be obtained, if AFIL is inserted in Item 13.

For aerodromes not listed in the relevant Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP), indicate location as follows:

- With 4 figures describing latitude in degrees and tens and units of minutes followed by “N” (North) or “S” (South), followed by 5 figures describing longitude in degrees and tens and units of minutes, followed by “E” (East) or “W” (West). Make up the correct number of figures, where necessary, by insertion of zeros,

e.g. 4620N07805W (11 characters).

The identification of the significant point followed by the bearing from the point in the form of 3 figures giving degrees magnetic, followed by the distance from the point in the form of 3 figures expressing nautical miles. In areas of high latitude where it is determined by the appropriate authority that reference to degrees magnetic is impractical, degrees true may be used.

Make up the correct number of figures, where necessary, by insertion of zeros, e.g. a point of 180° magnetic at a distance of 40 nautical miles from VOR “DER” should be expressed as DER180040.

The first point of the route (name or LAT/LONG) or the marker radio beacon, if the aircraft has not taken off from an aerodrome.

DEST/ Name and location of destination aerodrome, if ZZZZ is inserted in Item 16. For aerodromes not listed in the relevant Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP), indicate location in LAT/LONG or bearing and distance from the nearest significant point, as described under DEP/ above.

DLE/ Enroute delay or holding, insert the significant point(s) on the route where a delay is planned to occur, followed by the length of delay using four figure time in hours and minutes (hhmm).

DOF/ The date of flight departure in a six figure format (YYMMDD, where YY equals the year, MM equals the month and DD equals the day).

EET/ Significant points or FIR boundary designators and accumulated estimated elapsed times from take-off to such points or FIR boundaries, when so prescribed on the basis of regional air navigation agreements, or by the appropriate ATS authority.

EUR/PROTECTED The sub-field EUR/, followed by the word PROTECTED shall be used only for those flights for which the details should only be available to a restricted audience (e.g. security sensitive flights).

NAV/ Significant data related to navigation equipment, other than specified in PBN/, as required by the appropriate ATS authority. Indicate GNSS augmentation under this indicator, with a space between two or more methods of augmentation,

e.g. NAV/GBAS SBAS.

If appropriate, insert “RNAVX” or “RNAVINOP“, as detailed in the IFPS User Manual.

ORGN/ The originator’s 8 letter AFTN address or other appropriate contact details, in cases where the originator of the flight plan may not be readily identified, as required by the appropriate ATS authority.

OPR/ ICAOdesignator or name of the aircraft operating agency, if different from the aircraft identification in Item 7.

PBN/ Indication of RNAV and/or RNP capabilities.Include as many of describes below, as apply to the flight up to a maximum of 8 (eight) entries, i.e. a total of not more than 16 characters.

A1 RNAV 10 (RNP 10)

B1 RNAV 5 all permitted sensors
B2 RNAV 5 GNSS
B3 RNAV 5 DME/DME
B4 RNAV 5 VOR/DME
B5 RNAV 5 INS or IRS
B6 RNAV 5 LORANC

C1 RNAV 2 all permitted sensors
C2 RNAV 2 GNSS
C3 RNAV 2 DME/DME
C4 RNAV 2 DME/DME/IRU

D1 RNAV 1 all permitted sensors
D2 RNAV 1 GNSS
D3 RNAV 1 DME/DME
D4 RNAV 1 DME/DME/IRU

L1 RNP 4

O1 Basic RNP 1 all permitted sensors
O2 Basic RNP 1 GNSS
O3 Basic RNP 1 DME/DME
O4 Basic RNP 1 DME/DME/IRU

S1 RNP APCH
S2 RNP APCH with BARO-VNAV

T1 RNP AR APCH with RF (special authorization required)
T2 RNP AR APCH without RF (special authorization required)

PER/ Aircraft performance data, indicated by a single letter as specified in the Procedures for Air Navigation Services - Aircraft Operations (PANS-OPS, Doc 8168), Volume I - Flight Procedures aircraft performance data.

e.g. rate of climb, ceiling

RALT/ ICAO four letter indicator(s) for en-route alternate(s), as specified in ICAO Doc 7910, Location Indicators, or name(s) of en-route alternate aerodrome(s), if no indicator is allocated. For aerodromes not listed in the relevant Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP), indicate location in LAT/LONG or bearing and distance from the nearest significant point, as described in DEP/ above.

REG/ The nationality or common mark and registration mark of the aircraft if different from the aircraft identification in Item type 7;

RFP/Qn followed by a digit (1-9) shall be used to indicate where a alternative routing is filed in a new flight plan during the pre-flight stage (within four hours of estimated off-blocks time).

RIF/ The route details to the revised destination aerodrome, following by the ICAO four-letter location indicator of the aerodrome.

The revised route is subject to re-clearance in flight.

Examples: RIF/DCT LQBK
RIF/VEBAR L5 KEB LQSA

RMK/ any other remark significant for the handling of the flight by ATS

e.g. “RMK/IFPS REROUTE ACCEPTED”

Due to possible restrictions in the availability of ATS routes, it may happen that the routing indicated in the flight plan cannot be included in the IFPS and thus changes will have to be made. By the remark “RMK/IFPS REROUTE ACCEPTED” in Item 18 of the flight plan for flights plans for IFR/GAT flights, an alternative routing will be entered.

The flight plan originator filing the flight plan will be informed of the planned route changes;

RVR/ The minimum RVR requirement of the flight (in metres);

Note: This provision is detailed in the European Regional Supplementary Procedures (EUR SUPPs, Doc.7030), Chapter 2.

SEL/ SELCAL code; for aircraft so equipped.

STAYINFOn/ describes the type of the special planned flight listed in Item 15 with a STAY Indicator, “n” being the sequence number 1 to 9 of the STAY Indicators;

STS/ Reasons for special handling by ATC. The following information only is permitted when making STS/ entries:

for a flight operated in accordance with an altitude reservation;
for a flight approved for exemption from ATFM measures by the appropriate ATS authority;
FFR fire-fighting;
flight check for calibration of navaids;
for a flight carrying hazardous material;
for a flight with Head of State status;
for a medical flight declared by medical authorities;
for a flight operating on a humanitarian mission;
for a flight for which a military entity assumes responsibility for separation of military aircraft;
MEDEVAC for a life critical medical emergency evacuation;
for a non-RVSM capable flight intending to operate in RVSM airspace;
SAR for a flight engaged in a search and rescue mission; and
STATE for a flight engaged in military, customs or police services.

Other reason for special handling by ATS shall be denoted under the designator RMK/.

Where multiple STS indicators are necessary it shall be specified under 1(one) STS/ header and separated by a space.

e.g. STS/STATE ATFMX

SUR/ Include surveillance applications or capabilities not specified in Item 10b.

TALT/ ICAO four letter indicator(s) for take-off alternate, as specified in Doc 7910,Location Indicators, or name of take-off alternate aerodrome, if no indicator is allocated. For aerodromes not listed in the relevant Aeronautical Information Publication (AIP), indicate location in LAT/LONG or bearing and distance from the nearest significant point, as described in DEP/ above.

TYP/ Type(s) of aircraft preceded if necessary without a space by number(s) of aircraft and separated by one space if “ZZZZ” is inserted in Item 9.

Supplementary information shall be given as follows:

E/ the total fuel endurance expressed by a 4 (four)-figure group indicating hours and minutes

P/ the total number of persons on board (1 to 3 figure group) or TBN (to be notified) if the number of persons on board is not known at the time of filing the flight plan;

R/ the available emergency radio and survival equipment, whereby:
- U shall be crossed out if UHF frequency 243.0 MHZ is not available;
- V shall be crossed out if VHF frequency 121.5 MHZ is not available;
- E shall be crossed out if the emergency locator transmitter (ELT) is not carried in the aircraft.

S/ the type of survival equipment carried, whereby:
- P shall be crossed out if polar survival equipment is not carried;
- D shall be crossed out if desert survival equipment is not carried;
- M shall be crossed out if maritime survival equipment is not carried;
- J shall be crossed out if jungle survival equipment is not carried.

J/ the type of life jackets carried, whereby:
- L shall be crossed out if life jackets are not equipped with lights;
- F shall be crossed out if life jackets are not equipped with fluorescent;
- U or V or both shall be crossed out if life jackets are not equipped according to the criteria under “R/ “.

D/ the number, capacity, type and colour of the dinghies carried, whereby:
- D and C shall be crossed out if no dinghies are carried;
- insert number of dinghies carried;
- insert total capacity, in persons of all dinghies carried;
- C shall be crossed out if the dinghies are not covered;
- insert colour of dinghies if carried.

A/ the colour of the aircraft and significant markings, if existent;

N/ N shall be cross out no remarks, or INDICATE any other survival equipment carried and any other remarks regarding survival equipment.

C/ name of pilot-in-command.

Name of the Flight Plan Originator - The name of the flight plan originator shall be given.

Space reserved for additional requirements - The flight plan originator should ensure that he can be reached in case of further enquiries and additional information until shortly prior to taking off, preferably by indicating a Phone number.

If a flight, for which a flight plan has been submitted, is cancelled, the flight plan shall be cancelled to ATS.

All traffic, other than State aircraft, shall comply with:

• the aircraft equipment requirements;
• General Rules as published in ENR;
• RAD and Letters of Agreement (LoA) between neighbouring ACCs.

Within SESCI FRA airspace users may fly on user-preferred trajectories under conditions of structurally and capacity determined limitations by using FRA relevant points and geographical coordinates (LAT/LONG) under conditions stated in AIPs and RAD.

Within SESCI FRA relevant significant points are considered as FRA Horizontal Entry (E), FRA Horizontal Exit (X), FRA Intermediate (I), FRA Arrival Connecting (A) and FRA Departure Connecting (D) points, as published in ENR 4.1 / ENR 4.4 of relevant State AIPs.

The use of mandatory FRA Intermediate points (I) might be required due to safety, capacity or operational reasons.

Eligible flights are all flights that are intending to operate within the vertical and horizontal limits of SESCI FRA as specified in ENR 2.2 and/or ENR 6, regardless of the phase of flight (overflights, arriving or departing from local airports or from airports situated in close proximity of SESCI FRA).